“We shared good food and watched a whole lot of
football,” Bush wrote. “We also talked about the future
of our nation. As a result of these conversations and thoughtful
consideration of the kind of strong leadership I think America
needs, I have decided to actively explore the possibility of
running for president of the United States.”

According to the post, Bush will establish a political action
committee in January to help “facilitate conversations with
citizens across America to discuss the most critical challenges
facing our exceptional nation” and “support leaders,
ideas and policies that will expand opportunity and prosperity
for all Americans.”

The son of George H.W. Bush, the forty-first president, and the
brother of Pres. Barack Obama’s predecessor, George W. Bush, the
former Florida governor has long been considered a potential
candidate for the Republican Party during the 2016 election when
Obama, a Democrat, will near the end of his second and final
term.

“I think he’d be a great president,” Bush 41 told Fox
recently “He understands what it’s like to be
president...he’s seen his dad, he’s seen his brother. He’s a very
thoughtful man and he’s weighing his options.”

Should Bush receive the GOP's nod, then the 2016 election may
potentially repeat history, in a way: although she has yet to
officially announce as much, Hillary Clinton, the wife of former
president Bill Clinton, is being considered a possible Democratic
Party top contendor.

According to a poll conducted last month by NBC and the Wall
Street Journal, 26 percent of potential voters said they viewed
Bush in a positive light, to 33 percent who viewed him
negatively.